This week’s supernaturally-themed music selection features the dusky tone of a relatively uncommon instrument, the baritone violin.

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	Laying on Hands

This week’s selection is a rhythmically-driven piano and orchestra texture that gradually builds to a crescendo.

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	Morning on the Highway

This choral/orchestral piece accompanies a cut-scene in Empire Earth 2 wherein the historical Knights Templar are cast in an ominous light. The lyrics are a twisted take on Kyrie Eleison; while the chorus starts with the conventional words, the basses and tenors, singing in counterpoint, switch to Ohi Eleison – “No Mercy”.

Performance by the Budapest Film Orchestra and Chorus.

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	Chant of War

There’s nothing quite as self-indulgent as a self-mashup. Here I remixed music from two different film scores, then added strings and a bit of ethnic percussion for rhythmic impulse. I can’t really do anything with this music (other than share it with you), but it was fun to put together.

Vocals courtesy of Hilary Hearty.

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	Shores of Jakarta

Agitated piano, cello harmonics, and Jennifer Lindsay‘s ethereal vocals contribute to the tense mood of this week’s selection.


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	A Murder

Here’s another musical excerpt in the Healers series. This cue features the heroine’s theme on a melancholy cello, while mallet percussion, representing her mysterious nemesis, creates a dissonant accompaniment.

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	The Long Drive

This week’s selection is another mixed-style suspense cue from the film Healers. I’ll avoid dropping any film spoilers, but as both the title and flow of the music suggest, the score accompanies the protagonist’s discovery that a close relation is… well, let’s just say extremely not nice and leave it at that.

The rhythmic mandolin loop that enters about halfway through represents art through tech failure. The sound’s audiofile on my hard drive was corrupted, resulting in a particular hazy and haunting tone. I’ve lost the original CD-ROM, so am not sure what it was originally supposed to sound like, but I loved the evocative color of the “broken” sound and so decided to use it for this scene.

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	A Dark Discovery

This week’s selection starts as a theme for piano and voice, then segues into a stylistically eclectic end title featuring cello over industrial-style beats. From the forthcoming supernatural thriller Healers, directed by Cleve Nettles and Korhan Gurocak.

The edgy cello performance is by Cameron Stone, and the hauntingly beautiful vocals are by recording artist Jennifer Lindsay.

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	New Life